A lifeguard boat sits off Cardiff Reef as a waterspout churns the ocean water off the coast of Encinitas, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007. Several waterspouts formed on Saturday as a rain squall moved onshore.

Willie White, 3, of New Plymouth, Idaho, plays his mock bagpipe alongside his father, Josh, during a performance at the Celtic Festival and Highlands Games at Expo Idaho in Garden City, Idaho.

<cutline_leadin>DOWN AND OUT: </cutline_leadin>The Angels' Casey Kotchman is forced out at home but breaks up the double play by up-ending Seattle catcher Kenji Johjima during the sixth inning.

USC's Patrick Turner (L) escapes the grasp of Washington State's Chima Nwachukwu (bottom R) and Greg Trent (R) during the first half of an NCAA football game in Los Angeles.

United States team captain Kristine Lilly celebrates her second half goal against England after getting by goal keeper Rachel Brown, right, for an open goal during a quarterfinal match in the FIFA 2007 Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Tianjin, China. The United States won 3-0.

Japan's team perform their routine in the rope portion during the Group All-Around final competition at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World championships in Patra, some 210km west of Athens, Greece.

<cutline_leadin>SKATEBOARDING WEATHER: </cutline_leadin>Hao-A Nguyen, 12, of Garden Grove jumps a jacket on the ground outside of the westminster Rose Center in Westminster as the sky is seen reflected off the glass panes of the building.

<cutline_leadin>EXTRA EFFORT: </cutline_leadin>USC 'sFred Davis makes the extra effort to score a touchdown in the second quarter as Kendrick Dunn of Washington State attempts to stop him.

C.J. Willey and his son Brent, 4, stand on the Holland Road overpass to show their respect as the funeral procession for U.S. Army Sgt. Omar Mora, who died in a Baghdad vehicle accident weeks after writing a New York Times opinion piece critical of the Pentagon.

Three alpacas look outside over the edge of a barn door on a rainy day in Roseto, Pa.

A boy from Nam Dinh Province fixes his hat before his group's dance performance on stilts, part of events for the Mid-Autumn Lunar Festival, at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

James Cartwright of Canada competes at the men's C1 Canoe single at the Canoe/Kayak Slalom World Championships in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

<cutline_leadin>BRINGING BACK MEMORIES: </cutline_leadin>Saturday evening, Ruth Parker, of Fullerton, records the sunset at the top of the hill in Fullerton's Panorama Nature Preserve. Parker says the sunset reminds her of her late husband's artwork. John Parker, who passed away a few years ago, was an art teacher at Fullerton College.

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